diff --git a/src/Ui/UiRequest.py b/src/Ui/UiRequest.py
index a61b0439..4b11548f 100644
--- a/src/Ui/UiRequest.py
+++ b/src/Ui/UiRequest.py
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ class UiRequest:
         return server_url
 
     def getHostWithoutPort(self):
-        return ':'.join(self.env['HTTP_HOST'].split(':')[:-1])
+        return ':'.join(self.env['HTTP_HOST'].split(':')[:-1]).lstrip("[").rstrip("]")
 
     def processQueryString(self, site, query_string):
         match = re.search("zeronet_peers=(.*?)(&|$)", query_string)